If not for the "fake fight photo," Shannon Eastin's debut as an NFL official would have gone down without note, which as anyone who's ever been a referee will tell you, is the preferred outcome. Yet Sunday's game featuring the Lions and Rams ended with a small scrum, as Rams guard Harvey Dahl pushed down Lions tackle Ndamukong Suh, while players from both sides jawed back and forth, officials stepped in to stop things from escalating into a fight. Which is when the fake fight broke out. Cortland Finnegan and Stephen Tulloch locked up on the periphery of the action, playfully exchanging jabs, the two were teammates for five seasons in Tennessee, where they played under current Rams coach Jeff Fisher, Eastin, of course, had no way of knowing any of this. She rushed over to stop the faux fracas, just in time for the pair to turn and reveal wide smiles, Associated Press photographer Paul Sancya snapped a picture as the NFL's first female official was let in on the joke. Source: The Sporting News
